Hi People! Look its Chapter Seven, It feels so long since I posted something but that might be because I started track. Anyway I've been really tired and only important things seem to stick in my head, not that this story isn't important, I'm talking school priorities. Yeah so I've been a bit thrown off getting home at about 5 pm now instead of 2:30 pm and go to bed at 9 so little time.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Hp, or Nanoha. According to my geometry teacher that would be a big fat false, if I some said i owned it. Only my fellow 9th Math Honors, and regular 10th, 11th, and 12th students, should get what i'm saying.
It Was Just a Small Hope
To Discover
Or To Get Away
Or Will It End Before
It Even Starts
Yoru No Ko Begins Now
Hogwarts Station-
The Train had finally arrived at the station, all the students rushed off the train excited to start the new school year. Shiki, not to agitate her back, waited till most of the kids had passed by her so that it was unlikely that she would be knocked into.
Stepping off the train she heard a rather large man calling for the first years and walked over with the other kids. Looking around at the other students she realized she was once again at least a head taller than every kid her age.
That was another thing she blamed on Danzo, he pushed her past her limits when training and it resulted with her being abnormally taller. She knew right away that there would be at least one group of Idiots to point it out and harass her about it.
Following the large group they came to the edge of a lake which surrounded a Large Beautiful Castle that had slight creepy feeling to it from the Dark night, Hogwarts.
It could use some remodeling as it was probably a couple hundred years old, and the night didn't do it much justice.
Looking away she climbed into the back of a boat and continued watching as they got closer.
She could feel something gnawing at her as she got a better look at the school. There was also a strange rush of emotions that weren't familiar to her in the air that seemed to radiate from the new students.
They were then lead back on to shore and in the Castle, students whispering to each other and pointing every which way to a new found friend.
They stairs to a set of rather eventually walked up large doors, though she had seen bigger in mid-Childa. Mid-Childa She wondered for a moment if everything was alright there but shook her head of those thoughts as a woman in green robes and pointed black hat got their attention.
"Students, My Name is Professor McGonagall I'm going to go and see if everything is ready, wait here and I'll come back when it's time for the sorting ceremony." She said before disappearing into room.
Before she could go back to her thoughts a blond boy made his way through the crowd and annoyingly and rudely shoved pass her to talk to a boy a few steps above her.
She could just feel the arrogance and Smugness rolling off him as if what he had to say was more important than a world Crisis.
"So it's true then, what they were saying on the train, Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." He said, at which a bunch of kids started whispering and Shiki narrowed her eyes on to the two boys that Draco was looking toward.
'Harry Potter His name is…' Shiki listened more intently.
"This is Crabbe and Goyle, and I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." At this the Red Head began to snicker and Malfoy looked at him sneering. "Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask yours. Red hair... and a hand-me-down robe. You must be a Weasley."
He turned to the other boy, Harry. "You'll soon find out some Wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." He said holding out his hand.
Harry just looked at it before replying. "I think I can tell who the wrong sorts are for myself, thanks."
Embarrassed Draco scowled and replied. "I'd be careful if I were you, Potter," he said slowly. "Unless you're a bit politer you'll go the same way as your parents. They didn't know what was good for them, either. You hang around with riffraff like the Weasley and that Hagrid, and it'll rub off on you."
After Draco Stormed off his lackeys following and her attention was taken away by Professor McGonagall who returned and guided them into the Great Hall and looked around at the Students seeing Gaara at one of the tables, along with what seemed to be his siblings. He gave her an assuring smile which her look down feeling strange, while his brother sitting next to him looked astonished.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw the sister smack him, tell him to pay attention to the old man who she noticed standing up.
"I have a few start of term notices I wish to announce. The first years please note that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students. Also our care taker Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you the third floor corridor on the right hand sides is out of bounds, to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death. Thank You." With that he sat down and the sorting started.
"When I call your name you with come forth and I shall place the sorting hat on your head, and you'll be sorted into your houses." Professor McGonagall said. "Hermione Granger."
The girl was nervous when she walked up and Shiki saw the red head say something to Harry and Harry just nodded as if to get him to shut up. The hat contemplated a bit before shouting Gryffindor, and a table cheered.
"Draco Malfoy." Shiki frowned at the boy who had shoved her and several others out of his way; it barely touched his head before shouting Slytherin.
"Susan Bones." Another girl went up and was the first to be sorted into HufflePuff and Shiki glance towards Snape for a moment as he glanced towards harry.
"Ronald Weasley." The Red-Head that was with Harry walked up and screwed his eyes shut when the hat started his sorting. When the hat shouted Gryffindor he seemed relieved and run over to the table sitting next to possible siblings.
"Harry Potter." The whole Hall started whispering about Harry and she could tell everyone was hoping he would be sorted in their house and she concentrated on the boy wondering why everyone seemed to know him. "Gryffindor!" With that all the other houses seemed to deflate and the Gryffindors cheered loudly.
There was no one interesting for a while till she heard a familiar name. "Hinata Hyuga." She looked at the Shy Little girl from her classes at the academy, and smile gently at her when she looked around nervously and she looked surprised at her presence.
Harry from his spot at the table nudged Ron, and whispered to him. "That girl she's one of my cousin's friends, I remember her showing me a picture of her once. Do you think she knows what happened to her?" Harry asked him. Ron just shrugged and watched as the sorting took place.
Hinata sitting up there was astonished at seeing Shiki who had disappeared before the last week of school. Then she felt the hat touch her head. 'You are a very shy girl for a ninja, HufflePuff maybe, no doesn't fit a ninja, even one as shy as you. Slytherin would pick you apart; RavenClaw would be too much pressure, ought to be…' "GRIFFINDOR!"
Then another familiar name popped up. "Arisa Bannings." Arisa a little too eager ran up the stairs and plopped her self up on the stool. 'Energetic and Brash, all too easy to sort you…"
"Gryffindor!"
'If Arisa is here then…' Shiki thought as the next name was called. "Suzuka Tsukimura." She smiled as she saw the girl make her way up; those two were inseparable as always. 'Shy but confident and brave when you need to smart as well, but it wouldn't be good looks like it to separate you from your friend so…' "Gryffindor!"
After those three there weren't any other names that she recognized or interested her so she waited for her name looking at her Dog Tag For confirmation on it every few seconds. Soon she was the second to last person standing there when her name was called.
"Shiki Uzumaki." This seemed to start another roar of whispers as she steadily walked up the steps, her legs starting to ache from being up so long and in one place. She placed her self on the stool and felt the hat being plopped on her head.
'My it's such a pleasure to meet you Miss Uzumaki. It seems there are very many gaps in your memory both large and small though. Guess I'll just have to make do with what's here. Very loyal expected, but also very fragile. You put others head of yourself. A very High IQ to with. White Devil fitting nickname eh. Where to put you, were would you achieve your full potential.'
She felt him dig a little deeper, bring forth a migraine with it. She heard the distant mumbles but couldn't make them out.
'…Sorry about that, but I think I've come to a decision. You may be a bit confused and pressured but you'll learn why soon enough why you were put here.'
[AN: Excuse Your Authoress while she goes and does the Sorting House Quiz…And after several different tests, a tarot reading, flipping a digital coin a four times with a ¾th majority, and extreme determination for her to not end up in HufflePuff the results are…]
"RavenClaw!" The Hat shouted and this brought on not only cheers but some unexplained shock she could tell. She carefully walked down the stairs once more and walked over where Gaara had moved over in the midst of clapping and sat downing, and he gave a comforting squeeze of the hand.
The Last kid was then sorted into Slytherin, before Professor Dumbledore stood up. "Let the feast, Begin!"
Immediately after, several hands shot across to shake her hand, and several questions were being asked at once. She had this strange overwhelmed feeling as a blond girl with four ponytails shooed at the other RavenClaw.
"Are you okay?"Gaara whispered into her ear and at that point she realized how close he had become and bush became very vivid against her skin. "I'm fine, thank you." She leaned in towards his ear. "Why did they do that?" She whispered.
"Don't worry I'll explain it later, for now just relax." Gaara said reassuringly. At this point the blond ponytail girl leaned over and greeted her. "I'm Gaara's Sister Temari, Nice to meet you."
Shiki nodded.
The other boy sitting next to her then introduced himself. "I'm Kankuro Gaara's older Brother. So what was that earlier you looked over whelmed by them."
"I don't know, it felt like I knew too much of what they…felt." Shiki said describing it with confusion.
"Ah, you might be an empath that would explain it." Kankuro said overfilling his and Temari grimaced. "You eat like a pig, Kankuro."
"Shut up! How I eat is none of your business." Kankuro fired back, a student a couple seats down said. "They're at it again."
Shiki watched slightly amused leaned over to whisper to Gaara. "What's an empath?" Gaara looking away from the bickering siblings and responded "Empaths-They can basically feel emotions of the people around them. I'll take you to Madame Pomfrey later, she can help you out, and it's not good for it stay unstable as it is, Empaths are very sensitive and you could be very mental and emotionally damaged."
Shiki just nodded and reach out a hand from instinct as Kankuro nearly attempted to nearly strangle Temari, and pulled him down and whacked him on the head. "Behave."
"I'm not a kid; don't whack me on the head." Kankuro muttered. "You're acting like it so people will treat you like it." Shiki quoted.
"You look like you have to do that a lot." Gaara commented. "Yeah, my friends act like kids sometimes. Now that I think about I haven't seen them all in a year except vita who I finally saw today, I wonder how they are." Shiki mind seemed to wander off.
"Hey you haven't gotten anything to eat yet, why don't we help you pick out some things to eat." Temari said looking around at the food. "What type of things do you like?"
"Well is there any pot pie here?" Someone must have heard her because it came floating down the table.
She smiled she was going to like it here.
Fate's Location-
Fate rolled in her bed to stare at the photo's atop of her night stand. She reached over and grabbed one them getting up on her forearms to look at it closely.
The photo had their classmates from the school they had attended shortly. There had been a track & field event day, after Shiki had gotten her cast off and she had stepped in for the classmate who was doing the major events and sprained her foot before they started.
In the picture they were holding up Shiki who held the trophy and had three gold medals from her events a rare smile on her face.
'Shiki where are you?' Fate thought grabbing another photo off the table she looked at it. This photo had Shiki after the growth spurt, holding Yuuno in his ferret form carrying Fate piggy-back style with Arf on top of her own head.
She distantly remembered Chrono grabbing the camera as they were being goofy Idiots during a picnic and snapped the picture of them. The day itself was eventful as the photo looked.
"Why would someone just take her?"
Hayate's Location-
Hayate sighed as shrugged off her nightclothes and rubbed her neck. She had been distracted all day since the amber alert had gone off on Shiki.
"What if she overexerts her self, she's already relapsed several times when she started recovering. What if it happens again and no one's there?"
She paced the room putting on her TSAB Uniform. Thinking of the girl who lived with her for those few weeks, who had been so excited when she had just bought her clothes and new shoes.
But now that she thought back on it, she had never heard Shiki mention family or any relatives until now that the guardian showed up claiming that some man had used her lack of memory to delude her in to coming with him.
"Is it my fault, is it because I got better that she now has to suffer." Hayate wondered. Shiki has always had a strong belief in god and that they did things for a reason. Hayate herself didn't have Shiki's belief (which she found ironic because Reinforce's Device was a cross) but she wonder if this was one of those things.
That because she got better and walked Shiki would be unable to and become ill.
Great Hall-
Shiki was giggling at Kankuro who was telling an exaggerated story of a mission they'd been on, fork full of pumpkin pie poised in the air, when she had caught a raven haired boy glancing over at her from the table next to them.
She gave him a questioning glance and he gave her a confused one in return. He seemed to start to mouth something but stopped looked down cast into his plate.
"Shiki are you going to finish that pie?" Kankuro asked hand reaching out ready to grab it. She smacked his hand away. "Nice try grab another slice if you want some." She said popping the fork into her mouth a satisfied look on her lips as pulled the fork out.
A few minutes later the professors announce that it was time to retire to the common rooms for the night and asked the Perfects to guide the first years. Making their way out of the Great Hall Gaara grabbed Shiki's hand leading her towards the Hospital wing.
"Madame Pomfrey, can we speak with you?" Gaara asked the Hogwarts nurse.
"Yes Deary, what's the problem?" Madame Pomfrey asked moving towards them. "My siblings and I think that Shiki may be an empath so we would like to check with you."
"That is concerning matter. Please take a seat Dear I'll be back in a minute." Madame Pomfrey said leaving the room to get what was needed.
A few moments later she returned with Professor Snape. "Well Miss. Uzumaki you being an empath would explain some things, Madame Pomfrey you'll just need to take some blood while I prepare the potion."
While she was taking her blood, Madame Pomfrey started asking questions. "So how do you like it at Hogwarts?"
"Not sure I've only been here for two hours at the most. Nothing surprising I knew about magic before I got the letter." Shiki answered.
"Really own anything magical or are the school supplies the first thing you've gotten that's magical." Madame Pomfrey asked. "A few things, I also have a Familiar but I didn't bring him with me."
"Why not?" Gaara asked now interested in the conversation. "My Guardian is really strict so I can't keep him at my place so he was staying at a friend's, and I couldn't take him with me because my Guardian didn't want me coming to Hogwarts so I left him behind."
"All done Deary." Madame Pomfrey said healing up the needle puncture. "You'll also need a Physical, tomorrow morning come and see me before breakfast and Gaara if you would bring her here so she doesn't get lost."
"Yes Madame Pomfrey." Gaara said while Shiki's hands gripped at her robes tightly. "Pomfrey bring it over here the potion is ready." Snape called over from the table.
When Madame Pomfrey handed it over, Snape stirred it in and watched as it turned a silvery misty white. "Well you're defiantly an empath. With all that's going on I suggest you should go to Professor Dumbledore and he'll summon you up a separate room in the RavenClaw common room." Snape said.
"Thank you." Shiki said as Gaara led her out of the room and they head towards Dumbledore's office. Gaara muttered the password and they walked up the stairs.
"What can I do for you two?" Dumbledore asked as they entered the room. "Madame Pomfrey and Snape Identified Shiki as an Empath, Snape suggested we ask you to summon a separate room for Shiki in the RavenClaw towers." Gaara stated.
"Oh I'll take care of it, you two off to bed." Dumbledore said.
Konoha Academy-First Day Back-Lunch Time-
"Hey has anyone seen Hinata or Shiki?" A girl asked. At this Ino Yamanaka replied "Hinata went to Hogwarts this year."
"She so lucky, I was hoping I would get a letter, after all the years of watching the older kids get theirs and we get the short end of the stick. " The other girl said.
"But where's Shiki?" Ino asked. "Iruka Sensei, do you know where Shiki is?"
Iruka looked up and around before repeating the name. "Shiki, Mizuki have you seen Shiki?" His silver-blue haired assistant looked around too. "Did she respond during attendance?" Iruka pinched the bridge of his nose. "No, if you haven't noticed she never does she can't recognized her name most of the time."
"I have to report this to the Hokage." Iruka said before jumping onto the rooftops. Upon arriving at the office he knocked franticly on the door ignoring the snooty secretary who seemed rather intent on keeping him away.
"Hey you can go in there the Hokage isn't her-""Who isn't here?" The Hokage said stepping out of his office.
"Hokage-Sama I have something urgent to tell you, it's about shiki." Iruka cut off the woman before she could do anything.
"Come in, and you I will talk to you later." The Hokage said to Iruka and the Secretary as he gestured Iruka to follow.
"Iruka is she hurt what has happened?" The Hokage asked as soon as the door was closed and privacy seals activated.
"She didn't show up for school today, and none of the kids have seen her recently and Danzo's been gone for a couple of weeks too." Iruka managed to get out.
"ANBU Call the council for an emergency meeting."
RavenClaw Common Rooms-
"This place is beautiful." Shiki said gazing at the glass dome ceiling carefully carved with constellations and bronze supporting arches for it with runes carved into the bottom.
Comfy plush blue chair spread throughout the room with glass and bronze sundial styled tables. Along the side of the room were glass books selves and a statue of the RavenClaw founder.
The other side resembled a library almost with the long wooden tables, and bookshelves and upper loft with granite stairs and in the middle of the room a fireplace.
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"I guess it's safe to assume the colors are bronze and Blue?" Shiki said. "Hey what were the qualities of a Ravenclaw that the hat mentioned?"
"Ready of mind, with wisdom and wit, why?" Gaara asked looking at her intently. "To tell you the truth I have Short Term Memory problems, and magical core damage right now I seem like the last one to do well here at Hogwarts let alone in Ravenclaw."
She felt Gaara tip her head upward holding her chin. He studied her face looking for something almost. "I think you make a good Ravenclaw." He was still watching her, hand cupping her chin, when she felt a tug on her robe. Glancing down she saw a little white cat with black eyes looking at her tail swishing.
"Hecate what are you doing down here?" Gaara asked picking up the kitty that was happy and rubbed against him. The cat then jumping into Shiki's arms licking her face. "It seems my cat likes you too."
"Oh-that tickles." Shiki giggled petting Hecate. Giving Hecate back she started heading up to stairs to the rooms for some sleep when Gaara called to her. "Shiki, wait."
Stopping a few steps up she looked over her shoulder. "Would you like to spend the day with me this Saturday?"
"Yes I would like that." Shiki responded before jogging up the stairs and into the room that had been marked as hers. She shut the door quickly behind her leaning against it a smile on her lips. She put a hand over her stomach trying to calm the unfamiliar feeling fluttering there.
Walking over to the bed covered in silky blue-violet covers with lavender and blue-violet pillows, taking the bags off the bed searching for her personal items to set on a white dresser desk with bookshelves on top. She pulled out the clothes and put them inside the drawers and set candles and incents on top along with her cross and small bible.
She opened the bible to a prayer in front of the cross lighting some candles before kneeling.
With Gaara-
Gaara opened the door to the room he and his brother Kankuro shared. "I saw you, you know."
"What are you talking about?" Kankuro said reading through his book as he sat on his bed. "Really then why is your book upside down?"
Kankuro grimaced. "I know that i'm looking at a…picture." Gaara's non-existent eyebrow rose up. "Really, you know I don't remember you taking Arithmancy or that I said you could take my book." The said book then was thrown across the room missing horribly and Kankuro growled out "Shut Up!"
"And second this conversation is about you not me! How did you meet that girl? Man you've got some luck, getting a chick like-ow! Temari what the hell are you doing in here! This is the guy's tower!" Kankuro said yelling at his sister who suddenly appeared behind him.
"So, there no rule saying we can't come up here, only that a guy can't come in the girl's tower." Temari shrugged. "Besides I'm interested in Gaara's little girlfriend, so where did you meet?"
"When you two knocked her over in the book shop." Gaara said causing the two to freeze. "So that's where we lost you." Kankuro said remembering the comment he had made that left him with a rather large bruise.
"That's great we just accidently made our brother fall in love after all the years of trying to get him to like girls it pays off." Temari cheered. "My work is done, good night."
Next Morning-
Shiki groaned hearing her phone vibrate and reached over to the night stand. "Who is calling me at four in the morning?" She glanced and saw Vita's Number and flipped it open.
"Vita you realize it's four in the morning?" Shiki asked sliding her feet off the bed and feel a weight fall off her stomach. Pulling back her covers she saw Gaara's cat, Hecate, in a deep sleep undisturbed by her movement.
"Yeah, but this is important!" Vita said while Shiki held the cat with one hand and closed the door it had opened.
(AN: My Grandmother's cat does that, door will be shut and it'll just, BAM! open and make its merry way on top of the bed)
"So is sleep." Shiki said rubbing at her eye. "That CREEP is looking for you; he contacted TSAB saying some guy kidnapped you, the lying bastard!"
This sent a chill through her body, and she started shaking and her stomach churned and she ran in to the bathroom and emptied her stomach into the toilet.
"…Shiki are you, okay?" Vita asked from the other line. Picking the phone back uptalking shakily she said "I don't want to go back to him, never don't tell anyone Vita… V-vita i'm scared. Scared that if I go back I'll forget everyone, it's been so long I can't remember what everyone else looks like and he'll turn me into a tool like the others-ah!" Shiki cried out looking into the mirror she opened her tongue and looked at the seal there glowing red, tongue puffed up burned a bit.
"Shiki are you okay! Answer me!" Vita cried out on the other end. "It's that stupid seal won't let me say anything." She cried. "What am I going to do?"
"You're going to stay at Hogwarts, and not go back to Konoha. During the summer we can go to all those fancy European countries we always talk about and I'll convince everyone at TSAB that the creep is no good and you can live with me, Hayate, Shamal, Zafira, and Signum. You can be healthy and you'll fly and use magic again so just stay at Hogwarts." Vita said crying.
Shiki slumped against the tub crying too. "I'll try; I've got to get ready call me at 9 pm I'll be back from classes and dinner then."
"Okay, I'll try and see you soon." Vita said hanging up.
Shiki closed her phone and looked down at Hecate rubbing against her, trying to comfort her. "Thanks, but you might want to leave unless you'd like to take a shower with me." To this the cat fled causing her to giggle happier.
Later in the common room-
Shiki walked down the stairs messing with the towel on her head trying to keep it from toppling over, Gaara's cat Hecate held to her chest at the same time, when she looked over to see Gaara sitting in an arm chair.
"Gaara what are you doing up?" Shiki asked as it was only four-thirty. He looked up surprised as well. "I could ask the same thing."
"Hey I asked first." Shiki said pouting almost. "I'm an Insomniac and you're reason is?" Gaara asked going back to her. "This is the time I usually wake up."
"You wouldn't happen to know where a Hair-dryer is." Shiki in turn asked adjusting her towel upon her head. Gaara just chuckled and a magically operated one appeared in his hand. "Here let me help you." He said unraveling the towel and taking the brush sticking out from her arm, he sat her down proceeding to dry it.
The whole time a blush covered her face while he dried it. When the hair-dryer turned off she thanked him. "No problem."
"Oh and here's your Cat she kind of came and curled up in my bed during the night." Shiki said handing Gaara the deeply sleeping cat, which refused to wake up.
Gaara smiled slightly setting the cat by the fire place. "Well it's about five, we have a few hours, do you want play some chess?"
"Chess? What's that?" Shiki asked as Gaara grabbed a box off the coffee table. "It's like Shoji, just the pieces and rules are a bit different, see…" He started pulling pieces out and explaining them. It was about two hours later she had beaten him three times in a row.
"Are you sure you haven't played this before?" Gaara said as they were putting away the chess game. "Yes, just admit that you don't like being beat by a girl."
"That's it time to go to your physical." Gaara said carrying her fireman style. "Ah! Gaara, STOP! Put me down!" Gaara just ignored her leaving the room and jumping down a few floors not bothering with the staircases. "You Idiot put me down- ah! That tickles."
Finally arriving at the Hospital wing he set her down letting her catch her breath. "Stupid Panda."
"Did you just call me a panda?" Gaara looked at her. "Yes, because you look like one with the circles. I've got my appointment stay here." Shiki waved him off and walked in.
Upon doing so she saw Madame Pomfrey talking with Snape. "Professor Snape, Madame Pomfrey how are you?"
"Ah, Shiki, Snape and I were just talking about you. We would like to talk to you about Danzo considering how Snape found you in his care." Madame Pomfrey said.
"There's nothing to talk about then." Shiki said which caused Snape to grimace. "Nothing to talk about he had you locked up. If he is hurting you, we have to know you may end up dead, that man is a ninja he can kill you."
"I said there is nothing to talk about." Shiki adamantly refused his claims. "Then you wouldn't mind that I check you over for injuries." Madame Pomfrey said. She froze and clenched her hands and Snape lent down to her ear. "If there's nothing to talk about then you have nothing to worry about." He said forcing her towards the changing area.
Madame Pomfrey handed her a set of clothes. "Put this on and then come on out and we will examine you." Shiki then found her self in a midriff top and shorts. Shaking she opened the certain and stepped out. "Oh my." Madame Pomfrey said.
There were scars scattered all across her body most of the scarring concentrated on her stomach. The whole left side of her body was bruised a dark ugly purple and there was a big scar down her stomach with evidence of stitching on it previously.
It made the scar on her neck all the more obvious and showed how much precision there was with the newer cuts compared to the older ones.
"What did he do to you? You look half dead, does he even feed you?" Snape yelled anger blandly obvious. Shiki winced backing away snapping Snape out off his rant and he tried soothing her. "You need to tell us what happened so we can help."
"I can't." Shiki said shrinking and shaking under his touch. "Yes you can, he can't hurt you anymore." Shiki just shook her head refusing to look up and Pomfrey pulled him away.
"It's too hard for her; give her some time she'll talk. In the mean time help me take pictures and write the report for evidence later." Madame Pomfrey said and Snape nodded knowing how hard it was for him to talk about with what happened with his own father.
Madame Pomfrey had Shiki sit on a bed while directing Snape what to take pictures of and what to specifically zoom in on. Afterwards she said a spell that gave a list of past injuries checking it over and put in a file.
"You'll need a nutrient potion, I'll have house elves put it your tea during eating times." Pomfrey said as she weighed Shiki on the scale.
"And I want you to put these salves on the bruises and cuts once a day. Make sure to come back it you need anything else." Madame Pomfrey said handing her a small bag with said items, then turning to Snape she was handed a book.
"It's a guide for Empaths, be sure to read it." Shiki just nodded going behind the curtained section of the room to change and left.
Gaara stood against the wall balancing a stone on his nose, stirred Shiki into a chuckle and out of her fearful mood. "I didn't take that long did I?"
Gaara then lost balance of the stone and grimaced as it hit the floor. "And I almost got it too." Shiki just giggled and followed Gaara to the Great Hall. Turning the last corner she bumped into the Raven-Haired boy from yesterday- Harry.
Across from him stood the blond Slytherin- Draco- with his two unnamed goons who looked to be taunting Harry.
"What's going on here?" Gaara asked in a menacing tone, looking pleased when the Slytherin's eyes widened.
"N-nothing!" Draco got out before scramming into the great hall, obviously afraid of the red-head.
Shiki then took to Harry. "Are you okay? He didn't hurt you did he?" She asked and Harry shook his head answering. "No just being a royal prat is all."
"Well you tell me if he does it again, okay. I'd like to kick him off his high horse." Shiki said before straitening and ruffling his hair. "Take care."
Harry stood there grateful and a bit hopeful before heading to the great hall himself.
Transfiguration Class- Mid lesson-
Shiki sighed looking around the room from her spot in the back.
All the other kids in the class were practicing some sort of Ink spill reversal spell. Mean while she wasn't allowed to do magic and sat there taking notes on the spell observing what to do and not to do.
To her it was painful boring.
This was her job at TSAB which was done with much more harder and complicated spells and devices. A simple spell like this took two minutes.
If this was going to continue for another week she might lose her patience.
Potions Class- Start-
Professor Snape strode in robes billowing behind. Shiki rolled her eyes 'very dramatic' she thought sarcastically.
"There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few..." Snape said upon entering.
"Who possess, the predisposition... I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death."
She concentrated on his speech with the bare minimum, writing it down. She felt his amusement clear as you could smell an old lady with too much perfume on, as he asked students who obviously didn't have a clue what he was talking about questions.
"Does anyone know any of the answers to the questions I just asked?" Snape looked around for at least of hand so he wouldn't have to explain it.
Without warning it slipped out. "Asphodel and Wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of the Living Death, a Bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for Monkshood and Wolfbane, they are the same plant which also goes by the name of Aconite."
"That is correct Miss. Uzumaki." Snape while Shiki was still trying to comprehend what came out of her mouth.
TBC
I was going to write more but it's getting late, Christmas is tomorrow and I had to write something for Christmas and all the other Holidays for a present.
Sorry for the delay I've had Indoor Track Practice on top of school, my 15th birthday and of course the Holidays so my mind was in an utter mess.
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I promise the next one with be up faster along with Moumokugan as soon as I can relax.
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(Or whatever holiday you celebrate)
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